Theo Walcott needs to be available for the team as we were severely suffering from outlets against Fenerbache in midweek. And he is the one player who wants to go beyond the ball and not be drawn moving towards the ball
I don’t see Carlos Vela’s first league start being in this game, so I expect we’ll go with the formation we’ve used away in the Champions League before with Nasri and Walcott
I don't think it is the points difference that is the problem because that can be turned around pretty easily over the course of a long season, it is the fact that we have played against pretty average or poor teams overall and have lost 3 games
Denilson had a pretty descent game. He won some tackles and his distribution was good but his positioning was really poor. He was nowhere to be seen when huddlestone,modric and jenas attempted those long range shots
Arsenal had a massive 87% possession of the ball after the first 5 minutes, quite amazing I thought to myself, I then started dreaming about keeping that up for 90 minutes, that would be fun
van Persie will play his last game until the 22nd of November, presumably partnering Bendtner up front. Adebayor, Eboue, Gallas and Walcott all miss out through injury
I expect our customary square pegger to be Denilson on the right to add some bite to the midfield and Cesc partnering Song once again in the center
The season seems to have accelerated and spun out of control, and in all our red and white guts, we all know things are out of kilter
Delap's throw arrowed towards Toure with Fuller lurking behind him, Fuller and Toure had been tussling for the ball, Toure jumped to head the ball, he missed his header but Ricardo Fuller managed to get a touch on it
Arsene may adopt a physical and tall side to counter the longer game from Stoke City. Alex Song could come in alongside Cesc Fabregas with Abou Diaby who is fresher than Nasri to play from the left